Klinsmann and US look globally for soccer players

United States head coach Juergen Klinsmann will trawl the globe for dual-citizen players to represent the country and hopes to start by handing German-born Fabian Johnson a debut in next months friendly matches.Klinsmann has already used German-born Timmy Chandler and Jermaine Jones, both originally selected by his predecessor Bob Bradley, and he called up Johnson for the recent friendlies against Costa Rica and Belgium although he was not yet eligible to play.The former Bayern Munich and German national team coach said on Friday he hoped FIFA would complete Johnsons switch of allegiance in time for the October 8 friendly against Honduras in Miami and that he expected other dual citizens to be brought into the US system in the future.The dual-citizenship issue is something that is out there for every country in the soccer world, Klinsmann said in a telephone interview with South Florida reporters.If you look at what has happened with Germany in the last 10 years, producing a lot of dual-citizenship kids who decided then to play for Germany which gave them a lot of very good players.Germany focused on immigrants or the sons of immigrants from countries such as Turkey, Poland, Tunisia and that allowed them to bring through players such as Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolksi into the national team.While Klinsmann did not discuss specific future targets, there are several potential recruits in the Bundesliga, such as Hoffenheims Daniel Williams and younger talents such as Houston-born Fabian Huerzeler, who is part of Bayern Munichs youth system.For the US, the target is not only the sons of American servicemen in Germany but also players with joint Mexican and US eligibility, such as recent Klinsmann selections Jose Torres and Edgar Castillo.It all started really with France in the 1990s -- if you look at what team France won the World Cup with in 1998, then you understand how hot the topic of dual-citizenship is, Klinsmann said.